Well she was called today about ANOTHER one of her jobs, this one being one where she worked summers for four years straight. She contacted the HR person about it and her response was “Oh yeah, I know this company…they suck”. So that explained that.
Although it didn’t matter in the end cuz…
We got the job!! They just made an offer to her about 5 minutes ago! It’s a good job that gets her out of the house (previously worked from home, she did) and a bump in pay and…just…a better overall situation. I’m supremely happy for her and glad this snafu didn’t affect her negatively. Thanks for bump in confidence everyone, it certainly helped get through this week.
By the time background checks happen, there is someone at the company who wants to hire a person. If I made an offer to someone (or was close to it), I wouldn’t let an HR person turn it down with no explanation. And, to the credit of HR people I have worked with, none have tried to do so.
Also, as someone else said, HR people WANT to hire people. It would make their job harder to turn someone down in this way. I don’t see why they would do that.
In smaller orgs, sure. But in larger ones, all you get is “failed” and going forward is impossible.
HR considers there are a hundred warm bodies for every job, since they have a stack of applications this high. So, why not reject until it’s a pass? *Always more applicants. *:rolleyes:
I work in one of the biggest companies in the US, and have hired dozens of people. We are not talking about the screening stage, where, to your point, HR can throw people out with impunity (for the most part). We are talking about background checks, which don’t happen until:
The HR person and hiring manager have invested a good amount of time in the candidate.
The hiring manager wants to hire the person.
In this situation, in almost any company (certainly any that I have been a part of, but I am sure there are a few screw-ups out there somewhere), the HR person will not just turn the applicant away without talking to the hiring manager about it, and in a situation like this, the person will most likely be asked what is going on (Or the hiring manager will say “no biggie, hire her anyway”).
Also, to reiterate, the HR person WANTS to hire this person. If this person isn’t hired, it will cause the HR person much more work.
Yes, but that’s at the stage where they’re sorting through hundreds of resumes to find 20 resumes to put in front of the hiring manager so he can find 3-4 people to call for interviews. Obviously your resume can get thrown in the trash for whatever reason then.
By the time you’ve been interviewed and offered the job and are going through a background check this is no longer the case.
I deal with hiring managers and H/R managers a lot, and I can tell you for every good one there is a bad one. I deal with helping people get work, and I recently have cut off two large companies we deal with for horrible H/R practices.
The GMs of those companies, who use us for cheap labor were very upset, but I told them, you’re H/R people constantly are working to undermine you. I got tired of having to intervene with them only to prove them wrong and have the GM overrule them.
So yeah it’s very possible H/R can nitpick you to death. I have seen it happen. Doesn’t always happen and there are excellent H/R people I deal with too.
But H/R is there not to help workers, they are there to protect the company. Often times, they come under directives from lawyers or even have misinterpretations of laws and so it’s easier to kick out the small errors and start over.